Missing my Rocco

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

I can relate with that, Rhett...  My first GTI ('84, bought in '90), I drove 
the living shit out of that thing...  I learned how to scale walls (tall 
curbs), how well the car holds up to rear-ending someone at approx. 25 mile an 
hour difference, how flexible the car is when you drive it over the wrong bay 
at the muffler shop (teetering by two wheels before almost falling in), 
etc...  I never wanted to sell it.  Then I finally saw that a close friend who 
had a twin to mine, with more miles, and much fewer dents, dings, nics, 
fromerly straight items, rust, etc, wanted to sell me his, well crud...  That 
car is gone.  Everything can be fixed, but for how much?  Hey, if you keep 
your eyes open you never know what you will find...  I just bought an '82 
pickup with a 2.0 16V that was not finished, and a ton of other parts for a 
measley 400.00.  It will soon be my daily driver while I sort out the G60...  

But I digress...  I was just going to offer that, yeah, it prolly could have 
been fixed.  Ultimately, it is only a matter of time/money...

Regards,
  David Utley

Quoting Rhett Farnum <rocco_crossing@hotmail.com>:

> Its been a while since I posted here in the rocco forums. As you all 
> probably knew I blew the engien last oct and parted the car out. Then 
> earlier this year I took a sawzall to the chassis because of serious cancer 
> problems.
> 
> Well, the other day when I was talking to a buddy about this GTI I am going 
> to be looking at on Friday. He said somethign that is really weighing on my 
> mind and I feel really stupid now. Here's what he said' "Anything can be 
> fixed on an A1." (thanks Josh)  Man, now that I have been thinking about it 
> for a few days and revisited this and the Golf/Jetta I forums I feel that 
> the rust my rocco had could have been fixed and I could have dropped my 1.7L
> 
> in it and could still be enjoying it.
> 
> All it needed was the passenger floor pan patched to the roccer, and the 
> drivers rear 1/4 replaced and some really nice paint. Would have been a 
> Beauty too.
> 
> Just thought I'd share my frustrations and feelings.  :-(
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Peace Out,
> Rhett
> Rocco_crossing
> '83 Rocco (DEAD!!) :-(  Now what to do???
>    TRY TO FIND A REPLACEMENT LOCALLY!!
> 
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